Separable fastener.



. R. IVI. HOLDEN'.

SEPARABLE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED-JUNE 2o, 1911.

menmdxpr. 23, 1918.

A'r'roRNEY interinali Miniemen 'iraniennes arnesi-ra, wisconsin. i

rasante( To all whom t mayoria-cern. 'x

Be it known that l, RroHARD M; HOLDEN,

a citizen of the United States,"resi1cling at Kenosha, inthe county `oflenosha and State of Wisconsin, have `invented new and useful `improvements in Separable Fasteners, of

which the following is al specification; Y

y T his invention relates to separable 4fasten- 3 ers comprisingajhead 4and a socket, and more especially those closing "axially andzi-ncluding a `resilient head; `'and,theobject of the `same is-to' produce," a vfastener of this typev f adapted particularly for-connecting automobile curtains and therlike.

rlhe inventioncomprisesa male memberA and a female member, both stamped from sheet metal anda portion of the male memev ber or head being.temperedlso as to make itresilient, while `the female member or socket may be'resilient or not asl desired; These members -or elements are" provided` with means for attaching-themto the curtainsorf other objects tobe connected or fastened'by thel device. 4l `urther details will appear in the following speciiication, referencebeing 'had to `the vaccompanying drawings wherei-` in `:--V i i VFigure lis a ytop plan view', `Fig. 2.a bot` tom plan View, and-Fig. 3, an edgeA view partly in sectionof thema-le member carrying the head. y. i 5 1 i Fig. 4 isa top plan-View, Fig.; 5 a long1tudinal sectional view, and Fig an end eleva-y tion ofthe female member orl socket.

Fig. "7 is jan enlarged longitudinal sectionalV viewV oftwo members co-nnectedwith each other andrshowingthem asfastening'to?"`- gether.' tliefmeetingedges of curtains which fastenerare by preference madeof sheet metal, which, especially for the male mehr ber, mayV be in strip form,` whereas the4 fe# male member is herein described as having upturned sides connectingits 4*upper 'and lower portions-and therefore if stamped from strip metal the strip must be wider. l have used this device for fastening'curtains such 'as those employed von automobiles and the like, and these curtains are designated bythereference letters C, C in the draw-` l ings, but l do not wish to vbelimited to this i v H manner of attachment to use ofthe fastener as it is obviously intended for detachably connecting one element to any' other. lWhen employed as I` have used it, the members are provided" with means for snranamln assignment..

' first tothe male member carrying the head `ofthe base as seen.

the tongue tothe lip',`

y rateateuapa as, rais. appiieaagneieaauaeeo,1917. seriaiiiairasaa w attaching `them to `the curtains, which will Coming now to the details and referring v n a 7 as seen 1n Figs. 1, 2 and, the strip `metal is left flat forpart of its length to consti-` tute a base, and the outer end of the base l isperfo-rated ,for fastening `devices such'as rivets or is stamped 'with holesV `for the re'- ception of eyelets as shown at 2. At the` inner end of the'base it is bentupward as at 3 and the metalcarried baclrover the base inV a.. .lip 4 whose length is about*half-.that rlthe latter beneath the lip may be tempered or hardened *toV give it certain resiliency which itl must possess, `as willbe clear from the operation as described below.y Near its free extremity the lip is provided with an oneningpin theshapefof atransverse slot `5. The base is cut out as lbestseenin Fig. 2 to produceatongue 6, and inthe inished article as seen in Fig. 3 `this tongueis upbent from the base so that its `free endstands near theslot` i5i'and(ginas greater rigidity to `the'entire lip. I have not-found it necessary toattachthe tip of been considered sufficient to let such tip rest against:thetongue, but this detail is 4unimportant. i l

Referring now to Figs. 4, 5 and 6 which Villustrate the female member, the same also has a flat base ll with openings for rivets or"eyelets l2, the base is bent Vat one end 13 and carried thence back over itself in a top l V.plate lei which is provided with an opening or slot 15A-for a purpose-yet to appear, and

the free extremity of this plate is bent down As seen in Fig. 6,4the` sides i 17 `of the base plate 1l may be upbent and i into a` hook 16;

theirupperedges rigidly connectedwvith the as `it has heretofore` loo top 14, and if so the female element becomes" p a box-like socket iwhos'e parts are rigid so fthat itinay-not yield but if these sides are omitted t-.will be clear `that the top ltwill have a certain resiliency with respect to the baselll, due to the fact that they are con-` nected onlyjby the'bend 13.

The assembly of the members and their Y I the .curtains or other elements C, Cis best seen 1n Fig. 7.

having been pressed into the female .memu

lill) ln this view the male-member is shown as ber,` and each as connected by its rivets 0r eyelets with the element C or C', which as suggested above, may bean automobile curtain or the like. In so connecting the parts of the fastener, the bend 3 of the vmale member is passed into the open end of the female member as seen in Fig. 6 and pressed' 'forward until it nearly or A(mite contacts with the bend 13 thereof.l During this movement Vthe base l slides over the base 1l and across the heads ofthe ri-vets or Ieyelets l2, whereas the lip /l' slides beneath the top plate la a-nd is sprung downward slightly by the tip of the hook 16. lt will now be clearthit the upperI 4end ot the tongue 6 should not close the opening` or slot because when the parts reach their completely assembled position as seen in 'Fig'. C7, the hook 16 is engaged by 'the slet zas the lip f-t spring upward. This leaves the tip 9 of the lip I projecting bei yondthe open end of the fem ale member or socket, and when the members are again to be .dn-seonnected all that is necessary is to depress this tipso to disengage Vthe slot 5 from the hook 16. if the metal of the male membe to VomiIk the tongue (i entirely, Vbut as there is no especiales-e for all of themetal in the f base l of the vmale member beyond or to the right of that portion which is provided with the-eyelets 2, .it is quite eb 'lions that the stamping out and upbendzing of the tongue 6 Vmay easily accomplished without interfering with theremainin parts, and it certainly gives greater strength to the lip i .lso it will be clear that if the metal of the female member is properly tempered, the sides i7 may ynot be necessary. As to vthe details l vwould not, tliereforeybe limited. The Vlongitudinal slot or. opening l5 in the top platelet ofthe female member is for the purpose ofpermitting the insertion of an appropriate tool through the top of this memcopies o: nur patent may be obtan'iea for is `properly tempered7 it is possible ber so that the fastening devices or eyelets l2 may be reached when this member is to be attached to the element C. There is no necessity for an equivalent opening in the male member, because the lip 4t and its tin 9 do not extend back suiiiciently far to overlie the attaching devices 2 and they can be easilyv reached from above. If said devices are eyelets suggested herein, they may of course be easily reached from the rear side ofthe curtains or elements' C and C.'

lVliat is claimed as new iszl. In a separable fastener, the combination with a male member comprising a iiat base having attaching means at one end and a head at the other end, said head including a lip overlying the base and provided with a transverse slot, and a tongue on the base bent upward to support said lip; of a female m mber comprising a flat base having' attaching means7 and an overlying top plate pierced with an opening above said attaching means, the free extremity .of said top plate being bent downward into a hook to engage the slot in said lip.

ln a separable fastener. the eon'ibination with a male member comprising a dat base. having attaching means at one end and the other end bent upward into a lip overlying the base and. provided near its free extremitv with a transvere slot, and a tongue stamped out of the base and bent upward to support said lip; of a female member com- ]nising a tiat base having attaching means and bent upward at one end into a top plate whose extremity is bent downward into a hook to engage said slot in the lip, thc sides of the base plate being bent upward and their upper edges connected with said top plate.

In testimony whereof l atlix my signature.

lll (ll-l A RD MERIDAN HOLDEN.

ve cents each, b y addressing the Commissioner of Patente,

Washington, D. C. 

